Jane Angvik has been involved in Alaska public life since 1973. After serving on the Anchorage Charter Commission, she was elected to the Anchorage Assembly and became the first woman to serve as Assembly Chair. She has managed state agencies, coordinated a foundation, planned and built facilities, and assisted communities across Alaska in planning their infrastructure and long-range economic strategies. Jane has also taught many women how to conduct campaigns for public office.

Lisa Parker is a fourth-generation Alaskan with over 50 years of public service. She won her first election in 1975, at the age of 19, to the Anchorage Charter Commission. She is Vice Mayor for the City of Soldotna, has served for 14 years on the Soldotna City Council, and is the current President of the 165-member Alaska Municipal League.

Website - https://www.muni.org/50/PressReleases/Pages/Reflections-from-the-Past.aspx

APRN interview with Jane Angvik - https://alaskapublic.org/news/anchorage/2025-08-29/jane-angvik-one-of-the-architects-of-anchorages-charter-reflects-on-50-years-of-a-unified-municipality

East Anchorage Book Club Podcast with Andrew Gray - July 15, 2024 - Season 4•Episode 5 - The Unification of Anchorage 1975: Jane Angvik, Charter Commission Member - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1875228/episodes/15381921-the-unification-of-anchorage-1975-jane-angvik-charter-commission-member?t=0

East Anchorage Book Club Podcast with Andrew Gray - July 22, 2024 - Season 4•Episode 6 - Lisa Parker: Anchorage Charter Commissioner & Soldotna City Council Member - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1875228/episodes/15450310-lisa-parker-anchorage-charter-commissioner-soldotna-city-council-member

East Anchorage Book Club Podcast with Andrew Gray - July 08, 2024 - Season 4•Episode 4 - Jane Angvik: Founding Mother of Anchorage - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1875228/episodes/15376774-jane-angvik-founding-mother-of-anchorage

Ed Ulman is the President & CEO of Alaska Public Media (AKPM), Alaska's largest PBS, NPR, and statewide news organization. He joined AKPM nine years ago, having previously served as Executive Director and General Manager of the public television station in Tacoma. During his tenure, Ulman has led teams that revitalized local television production, expanded statewide enterprise journalism efforts, and established AKPM as a CPB-PBS Ready To Learn station. AKPM has earned multiple National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Regional Emmys, Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, and two National Edward R. Murrow Awards. Ulman shifted community engagement activities by focusing on localizing national content and delivering Alaskan stories to national public media audiences. America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) awarded Ulman the 2024 Excellence in Innovation Award "...for his groundbreaking leadership providing innovative public services throughout the State of Alaska and overcoming the challenge of reaching the State’s most remote communities." Ulman serves on the boards of PBS, America’s Public Television, the Alaska Broadcasters Association, and the United Way of Anchorage.

For a more complete bio, see https://alaskapublic.org/people/ed-ulman

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/s64leoa146xfvqln7f5dp/Public-Media-Philanthropy-Presentation-EU-Version.pdf?rlkey=fyyv9jw0cuwj5w0y8kde9lcww&dl=0

Dr. Steven Konkel is passionate about connecting the environment and human health. He has worked at two national energy laboratories conducting energy assessments, policy analysis, and environmental evaluations of projects. He served as a Policy Analyst and Strategic Planner during Gov. Jay Hammond’s second Administration, with overall responsibility for rural and remote energy planning, energy R&D, and conservation and renewable energy programs. Dr. Konkel is currently an Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at UAA, where he teaches courses in dispute resolution, Arctic Policy, Sustainability, and Governance. In 2003, Steve received the National Environmental Health Association’s Sabbatical Exchange Ambassador Award, which included a bench at King’s College, University of London, and visits to environmental health programs in nine EU countries. He held a Fulbright professorship at the Dublin Institute of Technology and was instrumental in establishing the Environmental Health Sciences Institute there. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Policy & Conflict Resolution from MIT, and holds a Master's in City Planning (MCP) from the Harvard Graduate School of Design with a specialization in environmental economics and natural resources management.

For a more complete biography - https://sites.google.com/site/rskonkel/home/biography?authuser=0

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bmhc6nzsp3mx7qsstj54f/AUUF31AugustBellwetherAlaskaClimate-Health-DrSteveKonkel.pdf?rlkey=i3r0bguu41tbi7x9y809n17qn&dl=0

Douglas Eby, MD, MPH, has worked as a physician executive in support of Alaska Native people for over 30 years. He has been the VP of Medical Services for the Baldrige Award-winning Southcentral Foundation for over 25 years, and helps jointly oversee the Alaska Native Medical Center. While based in Anchorage, SCF manages and supports clinics across a huge swath of southern Alaska and partners with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium in providing support through the tribal health system to the entire state of Alaska. He speaks and consults in many places nationally and internationally on health policy and a range of healthcare-related topics in addition to his work in support of Alaska Native People.

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7fsgfay3pq07ctnsihwfm/Tribal-Health-System-Overview-08-2025.pdf?rlkey=y7ktvrs3341qe1drusg2jhamd&dl=0

Judith Anderegg and David Pelto have more than 100 years of life in Alaska between them. Judith came to Anchorage with her family in 1957; David's family arrived in Juneau in 1966. Both attended colleges in the lower forty-eight before returning to Alaska to live. Judith worked in the Hammond administration for the Coastal Zone Management program. In 1980, Judith received her teaching certificate and began a teaching career, joining David in Kake, where he had been teaching since 1978. Judith and David moved to Palmer in 1982. Judith returned to the Alaska state government and worked three years for then Senate President Jalmar Kerttula. David taught English and theatre for 20 years in the Mat-Su Borough. He taught there until his retirement in 2002. Judith returned to teaching in 1985 and taught fourth grade until her retirement in 2003. Judith and David moved south in 2019 to Washington, but they still have their remote cabin. They return to Alaska to enjoy the cabin in the fall to hear the leaves fall off the trees, and in the spring to cross-country ski. While they enjoy their life in Washington, they feel blessed to have lived for so many years in Alaska.

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zamt60zmw5phj8k6jy4df/Slideshow.pdf?rlkey=x2shoofr2x9jdrq9apdx0ynxi&dl=0

Sophia is a coach, athlete, bodyworker, and lifelong learner. She is passionate about human resilience, building teams, and uplifting passionate people. After several years of rowing competitively in flat water, Sophia set her eyes on the ocean, and in 2022, she and her team, Latitude 35, set the world record for the fastest women's team to row from California to Hawaii. A seasonal resident of Palmer, along with her commercial pilot husband, Logan Walters, Sophia currently serves as head coach of the Anchorage Rowing Association.

Slides - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bx4jjn00xetaskwwrf93m/Anchorage-Unitarian.pdf?rlkey=xw9murcktovspgpv82oqes4hj&dl=0

Rose O'Hara-Jolley is state director of Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, working to protect and promote reproductive and LGBTQ2+ health, rights, and justice. They oversee statewide advocacy programs, policy and legislative efforts, and Planned Parenthood’s local and state electoral programs, including ballot initiatives. Rose began as the Fairbanks organizer and then became Field Manager for Planned Parenthood before becoming State Director. Rose grew up in north Florida, one of the first on their dad's side to graduate high school, and attended the University of Florida. They earned bachelor's degrees in Special Education and Early Childhood Education, and then a master's degree, focusing on hope in young children. Rose moved to Brooklyn and helped create New York’s first fully inclusive public school focused on an integrated constructivist curriculum. Rose continued as a kindergarten teacher and curriculum developer in New York City until a short visit to Alaska in their early 30’s led them to buy their first car and move to Cantwell, close to Denali National Park, where they learned to mush, ice skate, chop wood, and snow machine.

Planned Parenthood - Great-Northwest-Hawaii-Alaska-Indiana-Kentucky https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-great-northwest-hawaii-alaska-indiana-kentuck

Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates - https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/planned-parenthood-alliance-advocates/about-us

Plan "C" - https://www.plancpills.org/

Northwest Abortion Access Fund - https://nwaafund.org/

Daniel Gwynn was sentenced to death in Philadelphia in 1994 after being convicted of first-degree murder, arson, and aggravated assault in the death of Marsha Smith. Thirty years later, in February 2024, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office dismissed all charges in the case, acknowledging that Gwynn was wrongfully convicted and unjustly imprisoned for nearly three decades. According to the DA-s Office statements at the lime, Gwynn's case offered "a cautionary tale of tunnel vision in policing and prosecution.

Daniel's slides - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rkdkzerlkpf7ha1ap16zh/slideshow-presentation.pdf?rlkey=6kqfemkp190n60r29bxgty1d0&dl=0

Flyer for Fish Fry, Thursday, July 31, 2025 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM at Lidia Selkregg Chalet, Russian Jack Springs Park, Anchorage - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yzshisup32bazhioswqtk/FishFry.pdf?rlkey=6rwzpciajnge1i4ihuxkahksh&dl=0